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Many years ago, back when Ty and I were first living together, we went on a trip to New York that was to be capped off by our first convention together. A chance to see Ty in his environment, in his element, with his peeps. Heh.

My first sign of trouble was that Ty had never heard of the con before, “Odyssey Trek–what the heck kind of a name is that?” The second sign of trouble was in the hotel lobby, “Honey,” I asked in a slightly confused voice, “Why is there a Klingon baby in a stroller?”. Yep. He’d been invited to a Star Trek convention. Star Trek–not Star Trek comics, Star Trek. Turns out one of the organizers was a huge Ty Templeton fan and really didn’t care that the rest of the committee apparently couldn’t see the point of inviting Ty–he wanted to meet Ty, so by God, he invited Ty.

It was a long weekend.

To be fair, Ty loves Star Trek and happily counts himself as a Trekkie (and defiantly so–won’t use the term “Trekker” and mocks those who do). He was thrilled speechless to write a Star Trek mini last year. But back then–

It was a long weekend.

I was threatened by the Klingon bodyguards when I tried to stand near Ty at a signing table–turns out he was beside Gowron, Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. I believe I threatened to emasculate a few of them.